Dharamshala, Nov. 13 -- Himachal chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday rejected the allegations of Leader of Opposition (LoP) Jai Ram Thakur that the Congress government was selling public properties. Sukhu said his government would neither sell any public assets nor allow them to be plundered. Speaking to the media in Shimla amid the controversy over historic Peterhoff, Sukhu said, "Unlike the BJP, we will neither sell any public assets nor allow them to be plundered. Peterhoff is not being sold, and the government has no intention of selling any government property." "The LoP does not know why he makes such statements. Peterhoff has developed leakage problems and its condition has deteriorated. The old Peterhoff was destroyed in a fire, and a new building was subsequently constructed during the tenure of the previous government," the CM said. He said the government was now working towards developing an even larger Peterhoff, with at least 100 rooms, to improve its facilities. Thakur accused the CM of lying and said he should tell the people of the state that Peterhoff had already been handed over to his "close associates" in the name of the public-private partnership (PPP) model. He said it had come to light that all bookings beyond November 26 had been stopped and even bookings made for dates after November 26 were being cancelled....